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Kremlin hits out at 'anti-Russian mania' as Chelsea owner's visa 'taking longer than normal'

Abramovich’s British visa has run out and the application process for a new visa has been taking longer than usual.

THE KREMLIN HAS accused Britain of unprecedented “anti-Russian mania”, warning such an attitude could backfire and scare off other foreign investors.

British MPs have released a hard-hitting report accusing Russian President Vladimir Putin and his allies of “hiding and laundering their corrupt assets in London”.

“We are witnessing Britain’s rather unprecedented anti-Russian mania which is manifested in various ways,” Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters.

“I have no doubt that such actions won’t go unnoticed by investors from other countries,” he added.

“Many countries are working to improve their investment attractiveness and this I believe is a step in the opposite direction.”

The House of Commons foreign affairs committee urged the British government to clamp down on corrupt Russian money flowing through London and urged Britain to encourage global action to tighten loopholes in the existing sanctions regime.

Recent media reports said Chelsea football club owner Roman Abramovich’s British visa has run out and the application process for a new visa has been taking longer than usual.

Peskov said he was not aware of the issue but said many Russian businessmen were treated unfairly.

British Prime Minister Theresa May expelled diplomats and vowed new measures against human rights offenders after a nerve agent attack in Salisbury that London blamed on Moscow.

Moscow has furiously denied the claim, suggesting at various points it has been set up by British security services.

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    Mute Geoff Bateman
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    Nov 14th 2021, 8:51 AM

    So we ship peat in from Lithuania instead.. Brilliant government decisions once again

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    Mute Mickety Dee
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    Nov 14th 2021, 9:50 AM

    @Geoff Bateman: Why would anyone buy peat from abroad? There are loads of alternatives

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    Mute Richard Williamson
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    Nov 14th 2021, 10:59 AM

    @Mickety Dee: I believe this is being done for the horticulture industry.

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    Mute Sean
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    Nov 14th 2021, 9:03 AM

    The bogs are largely gone at this stage. It was over 30 years ago that campaigns were underway by David Bellamy and Dutch groups who were buying up bogs to stop them being destroyed. Bord na Mona have plundered a nations heritage, destroyed in 50 years what nature took 10000 years to produce and as this ecological asset was destroyed all the sequestered carbon was released into the atmosphere to contribute to the greenhouse effect and climate change. They have woken up very very late to their environmental responsibilities.

    https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-08-26-mn-283-story.html

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    Mute Alan Kenny
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    Nov 14th 2021, 8:14 AM

    Absolutely destroyed the bog lands of Ireland with their large scale intensive cutting and yet it’s the small farmer who gets punished.

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    Mute Tony Brady
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    Nov 14th 2021, 9:58 AM

    If a tonne of concrete emits a tonne of carbon how much carbon is emitted by Bord na Mona building wind farms on the bogs considering each pylon can take up to five hundred tonnes to stabilise them. Why are they not forced to go solar. Thanks

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    Mute Piggy
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    Nov 14th 2021, 12:49 PM

    @Tony Brady: it’s not really about carbon… it’s about money! And right now wind is the most profitable energy source

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    Mute Stephen Sj O'Byrne
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    Nov 14th 2021, 9:51 PM

    @Piggy: Indeed – at the expense of the rest of us via an ever growing list of levies on bills

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    Mute Brian Carroll
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    Nov 16th 2021, 3:53 AM

    @Tony Brady: I would assume they’re probably using GGBS rather than Portland cement-based concrete in the builds , it’s becoming industry standard at about 4% of the carbon content with better long term compressive strength. The industry isn’t sleepwalking on that issue

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    Mute Joe O'Hara
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    Nov 20th 2021, 1:27 AM

    @Brian Carroll: What does GGBS mean to ordinary people not involved in the industry?

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    Mute Twitruser2021
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    Nov 14th 2021, 8:31 AM

    We need to allow a certain amount of cutting if we are not offsetting correctly. Specifically in relation to imports from further afield. Bord Na Mona has started to become more environmentally responsible but it needs to up it’s game. Hopefully the China, India, Russia & US can get there acts together and stop pollution of the earth as they are far and away the worst. Ireland does have these wonderful bog lands which are technically lungs for the earth as they are natural carbon sinks. Hopefully as cutting decreases and bogs are allowed to return to more sustainable places we can do our little bit. But if the big polluters like CIRUS continue to act like a virus then we are all fecked.

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    Mute DK
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    Nov 14th 2021, 10:20 AM

    Has anyone seen this bog rehabilitation in work? I have and it looks like a big waste of time and money to me. In the article BnM mention walkways, amenities etc. being built. Has anyone heard anything about these because I don’t remember hearing anything. I know its early days but would be nice to hear what plans they have in store.

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    Mute Gearoid De Nogla
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    Nov 14th 2021, 10:55 AM

    @DK: When you get €108m from government to “restore” bogs, it’s easy do it, or shaping like you’re doing it. How much will government give to private developers who have also been stopped? Those bogs are far less depleted and far better subjects for restoration than the BNM ones. Once again, Irish government policy is on the big fake when it comes to looking good to Brussels.
    Government took over a bog near Shinrone around twenty years ago and have allowed it dry out completely, to where restoration now, would be almost impossible.
    The BNM “valuation” is as credible as its restoration work. As one esteemed great leader might have said, smokes and mirrors.

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    Mute Francis Devenney
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    Nov 14th 2021, 11:07 AM

    @DK: Some lovely walkways and trails, Loch Boora is a prime example
    https://www.loughboora.com

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    Mute DK
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    Nov 14th 2021, 11:17 AM

    @Francis Devenney: Lough Boora is there about 20 years, it has nothing to do with this ‘Just Transition’. Any examples of recent or upcoming walkways or trails?

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    Nov 14th 2021, 11:45 AM

    @DK: The Gap trail in Donegal and Mountlucas are the only other two I’ve done. All three worth doing if you’re into walking.There’s also some really nice bog walks on the Leitrim way, not sure if they’re BnM lands or not,

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    Mute Frank Carty
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    Nov 14th 2021, 1:17 PM

    @DK: why do you think it’s a waste of time?

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    Mute Stephen Sj O'Byrne
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    Nov 14th 2021, 9:52 PM

    @DK: It a big con job to say a bog is “rehabilitated” when you plonk an industrial wind farm on it.

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    Mute Tony Brady
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    Nov 14th 2021, 10:10 AM

    If a tonne of concrete emits a tonne of carbon and each turbine takes up to five hundred tonnes of concrete to stabilise it how many tonnes of carbon is being emitted by Bord na Mona and others building wind farms. Why is solar and anaerobic digesters not used by them or is wind more profitable to their investors

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    Mute Gearoid De Nogla
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    Nov 14th 2021, 10:58 AM

    @Tony Brady: Wind is the best harvester, not of energy, but of subsidies.

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    Mute Tony Duffy
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    Nov 14th 2021, 3:12 PM

    The Boglands if Ireland are also home to many wild birds some of which are endangeed species . Yet the wind turbines cut them to pieces as the birds cannot see the rotating blades .In the US there are reports of pikes if dead birds at the foot of these giant structures which are a terrible eyesore. Also , the carbon footprint of having to manufacture these wind turbines is not always included in the supposed benefits of wind power . Ditto fot the disposal of them after thier useful working life has expired , usually 20 years . Also the ” preparation” of sites on which these wind turbines have been located have caused ” bog quakes” with thousands of tons of turf sliding into rivers and resulting in major fish kills and destroying the spawning areas for salmon and trout for decades . This supposed “Green Technology” is not as green as they would have you believe .

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    Mute Ros Kelly
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    Nov 15th 2021, 11:55 AM

    @Tony Duffy: Very valid points you’ve highlighted there. I was quite shocked to hear that a wind turbine has only got an expected average lifespan of 20 years. There really needs to be much more awareness-raising of facts such as these.

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    Nov 14th 2021, 10:14 AM

    Loose monetary policy and wild speculation

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    Mute Daniel Roche
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    Nov 14th 2021, 12:09 PM

    Great to read all the positive comments.

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    Mute Tony Brady
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    Nov 14th 2021, 10:11 AM

    If a tonne of concrete emits a tonne of carbon and each turbine takes up to five hundred tonnes of concrete to stabilise it how many tonnes of carbon is being emitted by b na Mona and others building wind farms. Why is solar and anaerobic digesters not used by them or is wind more profitable to their investors

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    Mute Colm Molloy
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    Nov 14th 2021, 8:41 PM

    It would be nice to see BnM re-employ people displaced by this transition into new roles in an expanded BnM and more turnover and more jobs in the communities most affected by the stopping of turf cutting and processing.
    On another note , an article like this on Coillte could be interesting too.

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